Floral Friday

 

 

A counter inside a homey Montmartre café.

 

Baskets and bags

 

 

Baskets and tote bags for sale are usually a sign that a market is nearby.

 

Bonne Année

 

 

It's a New Year as the bells of newly re-opened Notre Dame Cathedral peal out from across the river.

Joy, prosperity, health, peace

- Bonne Année / Happy New Year 2025 -

 

🎉

Mocha Monday

 Warming cups of coffee at a café near the river.

 

Sweet Sunday

 Chocolate-laced rugelach take center stage on the counter of a bakery in the Marais district.

 

Place Vendôme

 

Christmas lights light up Place Vendôme.

 

Peace on Earth

 

May this Christmas be blessed with great happiness, health, prosperity and peace on earth.

 Above: magnificent crèche de Noël inside the church of Saint Paul

Below: the Christmas tree 

 

 

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Some of the best Nativity-scene hopping in Paris right now:

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre

Église de la Madeleine

Église Saint-Pierre du Gros Caillou

Église Saint-Eustache

Èglise Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Èglise Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle

Église Saint-Leon

Église Saint-Francis-Xavier

Église Notre-Dame de Nazareth

Église Saint-Joseph Artisan

Paroisse Sainte-Marie des Batignolles

Paroisse Saint-Paul Saint-Louis